Liveticker | Scotland - Hungary

Matchday 3

FINAL

Arena Stuttgart

Hungary

90' + 10'

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F. Tello

Arena Stuttgart

An emotional Andy Robertson

"It's a tough one. It's devastating. All the lads are absolutely gutted and it's up to us to pick them up. What I will say is thank you to the country because we felt everyone behind us and we're sorry for letting you down."

Full-time: Scotland 0-1 Hungary

Wow. Wow. Wow. Just as it looked like we were heading for a scoreless game Hungary send Scotland out of the Euros. Hungary collect their first points of the tournament and will now be hoping they've done enough to qualify as a third place team. All thoughts turn to Barnabas Varga after his worrying early exit.

Full-time

90'

+ 11

Yellow card

Kevin Csoboth

90'

+ 10

Oh my god we have a winner!

Hungary counter from a Scotland corner Sallai pulls the ball across the box and there is Csoboth to win it in the final minute. Wow!

90'

+ 10

Kevin Csoboth

GOAL!

0:1

90'

+ 9

Scotland want a penalty!

A ball to the far post finds Hanley and he wants a handball penalty on Botka but the referee isn't having any of it.

90'

+ 8

End-to-end!

Szoboszlai is livid as Nagy wastes an attack and then Scotland are down the other end of the pitch. They look to be in but Morgan can't find the final pass.

90'

+ 6

McTominay! Offside!

McTominay appears to have missed the chance of a lifetime but he's saved by the offside flag.

90'

+ 2

Wow. Post!!

Hungary are in again with the game on Csoboth's boot, he beats Gunn and it cannons off the post and back out.

90'

+ 1

Szoboszlai again!

That may have been the chance. Adam gets the ball on the counter and eventually finds Szoboszlai, the Liverpool man finds space and puts everything into a shot but it's straight at Gunn.

90'

Schafer!

Schafer carries the ball from just inside the Scotland half and into their box before shooting. Gunn has to push it wide.

89'

Substitution

Lewis Morgan

Andy Robertson

87'

Hanley bloodied

Hanley needs some treatment from the medical team after that clash of heads.

86'

Substitution

Kevin Csoboth

Bendeguz Bolla

86'

Substitution

Zsolt Nagy

Milos Kerkez

85'

Great cross and great defending

Bolla sends in a dangerous cross and Orban looks like the favourite to meet it, but Hanley leaps and puts his body on the line to clear the ball.

83'

Substitution

Kenny McLean

Anthony Ralston

83'

Substitution

Ryan Christie

Billy Gilmour

82'

Into the final 10 minutes

We're into the closing stages and both teams need a winner for a chance of sneaking through to the knockouts.

Goal attempts

2off target

0on target

6off target

2on target

78'

What a chance!

A ball forward finds Armstrong in the box and he just can't gather it. He clashes with Orban and Scotland want a penalty but they won't get it.

77'

McGinn off!

Scotland's best player so far makes way for Stuart Armstrong. It's a bold call from Steve Clarke.

77'

Substitution

Lawrence Shankland

Che Adams

76'

Almost magic from Szoboszlai

Substitute Adam gives the ball to Szoboszlai who dinks through a number of defenders before his cross is cleared.

76'

Substitution

Stuart Armstrong

John McGinn

75'

Yellow card

Laszlo Kleinheisler

75'

Substitution

Martin Adam

Barnabas Varga

75'

Substitution

Attila Szalai

Márton Dárdai

74'

Game restarted

The VAR team clear a potential penalty on Varga and the game is restarted with a drop ball.

73'

Thoughts with Varga

The striker is taken off the pitch on a stretcher with medical staff holding up sheets around him. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for him.

68'

Game paused

This doesn't look good. Gunn comes out for a Szoboszlai free kick and Varga is cleaned out. Medical staff come on to help the striker and he looked in a bad state.

65'

Class from Orban

Having beat Adams to a ball forward, Orban then makes easy work of McTominay. The Leipzig defender looks a cut above today.

64'

Nice try

Szoboszlai sends a corner past everyone to Bolla, he blasts it back in and Kerkez's header is just over - great chance.

62'

Rossi blinks first

Hungary make the game's first change and it's Nagy on for Styles - the man who replaced him in the line up.

61'

Substitution

Adam Nagy

Callum Styles

61'

McGinn is still the whole show in midfield.

Duels won

John McGinn Endre Botka

58'

What a run!

McGinn scrambles past three Hungary players and into their box before his final ball is sent out for a corner.

56'

Hungary counter!

It's 4 vs 4 for Hungary on the counter, Szoboszlai's pass to Sallai is poor, but it eventually gets through before the Freiburg man sees his shot blocked for a corner.

53'

Wasted chance

Robertson wins the ball back on the halfway line and sets Scotland off on an attack where they're outnumbering their opponent. Adams takes it inside and decides to shoot - well over the bar.

51'

Yellow for McTominay

McTominay gets Scotland's first yellow, and that rules him out of the last 16 - IF Scotland make it there.

50'

Yellow card

Scott McTominay

50'

Another shot...

Hungary manage their second shot on target of the game through Sallai, but it's nothing to write home about and Gunn collects it easily.

Shots

Scott McKenna Roland Sallai

46'

Back underway!

Scotland kick us off for the second 45.

Kick-off!

Half-time: Scotland 0-0 Hungary

An edgy first half comes to a close with the match on a knife-edge. It's clear this one is going to be Szoboszlai vs McGinn and so far they're also level. The match has been reduced to set pieces and long-range efforts, and it could well change in an instant in the second half.

Half-time

45'

+ 1

Szoboszlai again!

Botka dispossesses McTominay on the attack and Hungary transition quickly. So quickly in fact that Szoboszlai rushes and shoots with his left. It's over again.

45'

Great chance!

The free kick comes back out to McGinn and McKenna meets his chipped ball. He doesn't get enough on it, had he we may have seen the opener.

44'

A third Hungary yellow

Schafer flies in on Hendry on the halfway line. They both end up on the floor in pain but it's the Hungary man who enters the book.

44'

Yellow card

András Schäfer

41'

Should have scored!

Szoboszlai tricks everyone and doesn't shoot, instead he finds Orban all alone at the far post. The Leipzig man heads barely over from point-blank range.

39'

Naughty!

That looked like a very high boot from Adams on Varga, but replays show he didn't even touch him. Hungary will be delighted with another close-ranger free-kick though.

37'

Scotland fighting

Ralston does well to get a ball in the box, it eventually ends up with McTominay but the Manchester United man just can't gather it.

37'

McGinn vs Szoboszlai

It's clear which players are going to make the difference in this game. McGinn is so far all over the pitch.

Duels won

John McGinn Roland Sallai

35'

Szoboszlai from range

Szoboszlai gets another shot away but it's again off target.

Goal attempts

0off target

0on target

2off target

1on target

33'

Hungary growing in confidence

Hungary have a nice spell in the final third and look dangerous now when things come through Szoboszlai.

32'

Blocked

The wall does its job and Szoboszlai will have to try again from a corner.

31'

This is more dangerous

It's another free kick, but far closer to goal for Hungary. Can Szoboszlai do something with it?

McGinn the menace

It's two yellow cards and a number of fouls drawn by McGinn with less than half-an-hour on the clock.

28'

Scotland's turn to counter

Scotland recover the ball from the corner and counter. Adams doesn't have the pace to profit from it, though, and eventually turns back.

27'

First corner

Hungary try to counter and Kerkez's cross cannons off Robertson and out for the game's first corner.

27'

Not good enough again

Billy Gilmour takes his turn from a free kick but it's yet another poor ball into the box which is easily cleared.

26'

Another yellow!

Orban joins Styles in the book, and like his teammate, it's for a foul on McGinn. The Leipzig defender wipes out the midfielder for a free kick.

26'

Yellow card

Willi Orbán

22'

Another Scotland free kick

McGinn is causing all sorts of trouble and wins a free kick on the right of Hungary's box. Robertson's dead ball isn't good enough, though.

20'

Scotland's dangermen try to combine

McGinn holds off his man and sends in a dangerous cross but it's too high for McTominay. If those two link up Hungary will be in trouble.

19'

Hungary's plan is clear

Every time Hungary get the ball they try and shift it quickly to the pacey Varga. So far Scotland have just cut out the final ball, but there's an opening there for sure.

18'

First yellow card

Styles goes in on McGinn and receives the game's first yellow card.

18'

Yellow card

Callum Styles

15'

Gunn gets up early

Much like the Scots' efforts, nothing comes from this one as Szoboszlai fires it over everyone and into the keeper's gloves.

14'

Hungary's turn from a dead ball

Hungary win a free kick from long-range and pile men forward.

11'

All Scotland so far

The Scots won't give up the ball, but they aren't doing much with it either...

Passes

110

First big shot on goal

The ball comes back the other way and Bolla hits a wicked moving strike that nearly catches out Angus Gunn.

Another chance for Scotland to craft something

Botka flies into McTominay and takes him down just inside the Hungary half, it's another chance for a ball into the box.

Free-kick goes to waste

Scotland get the game's first set-piece but Hanley has his hands all over a defender as the ball comes in and it's now a free kick to Hungary.

We're underway!

Hungary kick us off with NINE players on the halfway line ready to attack.

Kick-off!

McGinn reveals family split

Aston Villa's John McGinn is seen as Scotland's talisman and will have a nation counting on him. But the support doesn't extend to his family. He explained: "My uncle Joe and my little cousins Mark and Tamás live in Hungary. The boys were born in Scotland but they're half Hungarian half Scottish. One of them wants Hungary to win, one of them wants Scotland, so I hope Tamás is sad Monday morning!"

More on those teams

The headline from the team news is that Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai has recovered from an injury scare to lead his side out. There's two changes from the 2-0 defeat to Germany. Botka comes in for Fiola and Styles replaces Nagy. Scotland make one change, Copenhagen's Scott McKenna comes in for the injured Kieran Tierney.

Hungary starting XI

Gulasci, Dardai, Orban, Botka, Styles, Bolla, Kerkez, Schafer, Varga, Sallai, Szoboszlai.

Hungary subs

Dibusz, Szappanos, Lang, Balogh, Szalai, Fiola, Nego, A, Nagy, Adam, Kleinheisler, Gazdag, Z. Nagy, Csoboth, Horváth, Kata.

Scotland starting XI

Gunn, Hendry, Hanley, McKenna, Ralston, Gilmour, McGregor, Robertson, McTominay, McGinn, Adams.

Scotland subs

Kelly, Clark, Christie, Shankland, Cooper, Armstrong, Morgan, Conway, Jack, McCrorie, McLean, Taylor, Forrest.

1:01

Watch: The best of Sallai

Trying to get Hungary off the mark tonight will be Roland Sallai. The Freiburg attacker matched his career-best season of eight goals in all competitions in 2023/24, and here's his highlights.

Unwanted record

If Hungary don't collect three points tonight, that will mean they've gone nine-straight European Championships matches without a victory. That will match Russia's all-time record from 1988 to 2004.

Bundesliga interest

Scotland don't have any Bundesliga players in their squad, but Hungary have some very recognisable faces. Those are Roland Sallai and Attila Szalai of Freiburg, Márton Dárdai of Hertha Berlin, Péter Gulácsi and Willi Orbán (pictured) of RB Leipzig and András Schäfer of Union Berlin. There's also captain Dominik Szoboszlai who spent three seasons with Leipzig.

Rossi wants maximum returns

Hungary coach Marco Rossi - who once had a playing stint at Eintracht Frankfurt - has been giving his thoughts on his team's must-win game against Scotland today, the 59-year-old saying in quotes appearing on UEFA's official website, "The match will decide our fate. I'm expecting a really tough game, a really physical encounter. But I'm convinced that we can prepare much better, and for sure, we want the three points."

Scots seek first

Scotland assistant coach John Carver told his side to grasp the opportunity of becoming the first Scottish team to ever qualify for the Euro knockouts. "Let's see how the game develops and plays out but if we do it we will be the first team to do it and people will remember the team to do it for the first time," he explained. "That's what (the players) have to think about in the back of their minds. These guys have got us to this tournament and we deserve to be there."

4:06

Watch: VfB Stuttgart stadium experience

It's back to Stuttgart for Hungary, who lost 2-0 to Germany at the MHP Arena on Matchday 2, having been beaten 3-1 by Switzerland in their Euro 2024 opener in Cologne.

Win or bust

After defeats to Switzerland and Germany, Hungary have to win to have any chance of reaching the last 16 as one of the best third-placed teams. Scotland begin the final round of group fixtures a point better off in third, but also needing maximum points to keep their Euro 2024 hopes alive. Four points could see them through in third. However, their prospects of jumping to second and advancing automatically aren't great. Even if they win and Switzerland lose to Germany, they'd need to overturn a hugely unfavourable goal difference (-4 to Switzerland's +2).

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